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10 schools january22 2013 VHS Winter Sports Report Girls Basketball-The Lady Loggers continue to the post position, scoring repeatedly on offensive re- dominate the Northwest league. Vernonia sat in first bounds. Maina Martin ran the offense to perfection, pushing the team up court place after winning their tenth quickly and finding the straight game on Friday Janu- open player with crisp ary 18, a 70-35 home victory passes. Wings Samantha over Gaston. The Loggers Lindauer and Samantha were 8-1 in league play and Wallace had solids games hold an 11-3 record over all. as well. Coach Whiteman Head coach Steve was able to use his bench Whiteman and his girls chalked liberally as the Loggers up important wins over the last cruised to the win. two weeks, defeating Nes- “In the first half we tucca 47-13, Riverdale 44-40, got a pretty good lead and Faith Bible 31-24, and Port- then in the second half we land Christian 52-47. All four just really played well,” of those wins were on the road said Whiteman. before the Lady Loggers re- Whiteman says that turned home and beat Gaston. what makes this team so “The team is playing special is that they are a really well,” said Whiteman team first. “This team after the victory over Gaston. Maina Martin has helped lead the VHS Lady Loggers never asks to look at the Against Gaston, to an 8-1 league record this season. stats, which is really un- Stephanie Castro was solid at Photo courtesy of Tracy Easlon. usual. I haven’t had a single player ask for them and this is fourteen games into the season. It’s about play- ing the next game and doing the best they can.” The Lady Loggers are looking to close out the season strongly, with their eye on a February 2 match -up against Riverdale at home, which could be for first place in the league and a berth in the State Tournament. Coach Whiteman says this would be the first Lady Log- ger basketball team to ever reach the State Tournament in Pendelton. Wrestling-The young Vernonia Loggers wrestling team continues to grow, improve and mature under the guidance and leadership of head coach Chris Barnes and assistant coach Tylor Owen. At the Bob Bishop Invitational on January 5, the Loggers finished a respectable sixth in a very tough field. Dawson Shay finished first at 182, winning three of his matches by pins. Vardan Grigoryan continued to improve and finished third at 126, pinning two of his opponents. T John Wolf finished fourth at 195 after having to default in the third place match because of continued on page 11 VHS Students Present Senior Projects continued from front page Jesse Edgar worked with his older brother Curtis to refurbish a 1995 Honda Shadow 1100. The motorcycle was donated to Edgar by Rocky and Jeanne Hill; it had been damaged during the 2007 Flood and had been sitting ever since. Edgar said he and his brother took apart the bike, got it running and gave it several new coats of paint. Edgar said he would like to do this type of project again as a hobby, but would probably not tors. Szlavich said she and Easlon re- cruited students to write and publish the newspaper. They also worked with a former VHS student now studying at the Portland Art Institute for help with de- sign features. Szlavich says she learned to be careful what she writes because it is easy to upset someone and also about good communication. Szlavich says the newspaper improved with each of the four issues they have published so far this year and said they intend the pub- lish through the rest of their senior year. Kendrick Lea- verton did two rides with Metro West Ambulance in Wash- ington County while researching a career as a Paramedic EMT. Leaverton said he observed several in- teresting calls. Lea- verton said he plans Kendrick Leaverton researched a career as a Paramedic EMT. to begin schooling pursue this type of work as a career. after graduation for his prerequisites to Elyssa Szlavich worked with become a Paramedic, but his real goal is another senior, Janae Easlon, to restart to become a professional firefighter. the school newspaper, “The Timber- Samantha Lindauer earned her line.” The Timberline had not been Certified Nursing Assistant certification published for several years and the two during her senior project, enrolling in ladies worked with two professional Portland Community College last sum- journalists from Roseburg as their men- mer and spending eighty hours of class room time and seventy-five hours of hands-on training. Lindauer worked at the Robison Jewish Nursing Home and received her certification after passing the exam in October. Lindauer learned that the work is often dirty but it also in- classes to younger students. Williams says she plans to continue her studies and may join the Tae Kwon Do team when she attends Oregon State Univer- sity. Will Parks worked with his mentor Earl Da- vis to learn about timber falling. Parks learned a lot about the his- tory of logging and spent time in the woods observ- ing the work actu- ally being done. Deandra Sol- berg did a job shadow with Ver- nonia Librarian Jennifer Moloney. Solberg helped with the after Bailey Williams, a second degree black belt, chose Tae Kwon Do school program Instructor as the subject of her senior project. and also helped volves a lot of relationships. Lindauer re-shelve books and did other tasks, al- says she plans to pursue a Bachelor’s lowing Moloney time to work on grants Degree in Nursing and then get a Mas- for more books. Solberg was responsi- ter’s Degree so she can specialize in a ble for planning the after school program particular field. for one session; she picked and read Bailey Williams has been study- two stories to the participants and also ing and practicing Tae Kwon Do in planned a craft project. Solberg says she Banks for about ten years and is a second really enjoyed working at the Library degree black belt. Williams shadowed and being able to give something back to her instructor Anita Hansen and taught her community. Mist Birkenfeld Fire Protection District CAGE FREE DOG BOARDING IN VERNONIA Pancake Breakfast February 9, 8 am - 12 pm Adults: $5 Kids 12 & under: $3 Pancakes Biscuits & Gravy Eggs & Bacon Coffee & Milk Mist Birkenfeld Fire Station 12525 Hwy 202, Clatskanie Dedicated to your dog’s comfort, safety and fun! Large fenced play areas and home style dorms. Special “Tiny Dog Dorm”. 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